Bottle-cap.



L. H. ROSSUCK.

BOTTLE CAP.

'APPLlCATlON r1150 MAR. a. 1915.

1,165,131. Patented Dec. 21, 1915.

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LOUIS H IRSH BOSSUCK, OF BlAY SHORE, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR OF FOBTY-NINE ONE- HUNDEEDTHS TO MAYER SCHULTZ, OF BAY SHORE, NEW YORK.

BOTTLE-CAP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 21, 1915.

Application fiIedMarch 6, 1915. Serial No. 12,706.

of Bay Shore, in the county of Suffolkand State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Bottle-Cap, of which the following is a. full, clear, and exact description. -This invention'relates to closures for bottles, jars and the like, and hasparticular reference to bottle caps adapted to be easily applied to or removed from thebottle neck.

Among the objects of the invention is to provide improved facilities forysealing a bottle by means of a metal cap, said cap being provided with means for clamping itfirmly and tightly'tothe neck andproviding means for easily removing it from the bottle by. hand, the bottle cap being left in condition, after removal, for reapplication to the bottle if desired. I

A further ob'ect of the'invention is to.

in combination with a metal cap, a lever locking. device cooperating with a binder for the cap, said lever lock being moved upwardly toward and against'the top of the cap in locking position.

A still further object of the invention is to provide, in combination with a metal cap having a binderring surrounding its free margin, alocking lever cooperating with saidbinder ring, said locking lever being provided with outwardly flaring horns'or hooks which serve as fulcrum points against the bottleneck when said leveris swung outwardly and downwardly tov remove the cap. 1 The foregoing and other objects of the in-. vention will hereinafter bemore fully 'described and claimed and'illustrated in the drawings forming a part of this specification in which like characters ofreferenceindicate corresponding parts inall the views,

provide,

- and in which- Figure 1 is a slde elevation, partly in sec-,

tion, of a bottle with my improved cap secured in place thereon; Fig. 2 is aviewj of the same but showing the directionof movement of the partswhenthecap isbeing removed; and Fig. 3 is a front elevation cor-.

respondlng toFig. 1. a Y

a The several parts ofthisidevicemay be ne ded]? any suitable materials, andthe relative sizes and proportions, as, well as the general design of the mechanism, may be varied to a-considerableextent without departing from the spirit of the invention hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

I Referring more particularly to the drawings, I show at 10'the neck of a bottle or other receptacle, and hence by the term bottle I meanto cover any receptacle used in connection with my improved closure cap. Said neck is shown formed adjacent its upper edge or mouth with an outwardly pro-. jecting rib or bead 11.

The numeral 12 indicates as a whole a cap composed chiefly of-sheet metal having a closed or imperforate top 13 which is stamped or otherwise formed to extend downwardly toward the bead 11; The flange or skirt portionld of the cap is adapted to slip downwardly over the bead 11 and is or may be slittedas shown at 15 to facilitate its cooperation with said bead. The binder ring 16 is permanently connected to the free edge of .the skirt 14:, such connection being shown herein as being efiected by rolling upwardly and outwardly the extreme endsof the tongues formed between adjacent slits. The nature of the ring 16 is such as to tend to spread at its free ends 17 which are formed into oppositely projecting hooks.

This tendency of the ring to spread serves to cause the skirt portion of the cap to open when force is not applied to the ring to tighten it and. the skirt on or beneath the bead 11. Hence, when pressure is relieved from the cap skirt, it is comparatively easy to remove the cap by hand by the facilities describedmore in detail below. As shown best in Fig. 3, a portion of the skirt is removed forming a space 18 within which the lever comprisesa shank 20 of angular form,

the main portion of which conforms to the bottle cap and having its freeend terminating in a slightly upturned which lies substantially in the vertical axis of the bottle neck when the cap is locked thereto. The opposite (end of the shank portion 20, Where it passes downwardly'over the bead, diverges into branch being bent into a coil 23 and each coil terminating in a general direction of Which'is substantially as a continuation of thedivergent arm on" the other side of the coil. In other words, the two arms 22, their coils 23 and their horns 24 lie'as to general direction in sub stan'tially the same planes arranged at-a'n angle to each other, said planes intersecting at the point of divergence of the two arms 22. :It'will be noted furthermore-that the, coils 23 are formed within or between the two arms 22, the turns of the coils being made downwardly, inwardly and then upwa-rdly and outwardly, so that N the horns emerge 'fromxthe coils above their'centers, thisdescri'ption being applicable tothelever when in normal locking Figs. land 3. Y

Thetwo hooks 17 engage with the coils 23' of the lever mechanism 'an'd the tendency of the ring 16 to open andspread insures the continued cooperation between the hooks and said coils. From the description of the lever mechanism just given, it willbe observed that when the lever is swung outs wardlv with its free end 21 away from the cap; the portions of the coils then engaging the books 17 will be remote fromeach other,

action of thecoils 23, at such time will draw 7 l the books 17 firmly toward each other, oansing the skirt portion of the capjto bind downwardlvtoward themainportio'n of the bottle neck belowthe bead-and causing'the cap to clasp the gasket snugly 'upon the mouth of the bottlefln 'this position the l V lever wi'll be self-retained and will remain in the position shown in Fig. 1 untilitis swung open again by an operator, the action for such purpose being easily accomplished by ngers, requiring no tools whatever. During: the act of? throwing thellever open, as shown in' F 2, the movement-being in; a

finger V M89621 two branches 22, each hook or horn- 24. the

position as shown in v prising free end clockwise direction, the force applied to the lever 19 becomes exerted upon the two points or-ends of the horns 21 bearing aga'inst the side of they bQttlQl necki- Thisflresultf takes place just as the strain upon the binder ring is relieved, and then by the continued actionof the lever'thegpoints of the horns bear notonlyagam'st the bottleneck, but upwardly against the adjacent portion of the skirt 14 of the cap, making substantially fixed points for these portionsof thecap while the continued force applied to the lever will act through the points of contact between the coils 23 and the hooks 17, cans, ing the cap to be 'tiltedgupwardly and clear from. the 'neckyasshowniin. Fig.1 2; The opening movement of the device is simple and direct, requiring comparatively" little force onthe part of'thefoperator; It is to be note'd' in this connection that the struc;

ture of the cap is not damaged and hence the cap may easily and realdilv be applied to the bottle after a portion of its contents has I 7 the same locking mech'ai nism being employed to again seal the bottle,

been withdrawn,

Icla'lm: a 1. The .hereindescribed lever for bottle caps, the same icomprising a rigid member.

having a pair of diverging arms bent down wardly, inwardly andithen'ce upwardly" and outwardly, forming a pair. of coils, the ends of, the arm members beyond the-coils forming a pair of horns and lying between the main portions of the arm members andex tending outwardly: therefrom above the centers otthe coils. T

2. The combinationj with a bottle cap, of

a locking lever therefor,'theisamejcomprisv 2 ing a main lever having'a pair of diverging arms formednto co ls andtermlnatmg in straight end portions forming horns having the'same general direction as themain'portions of the arms and also ,diverging'from each other, said {horns projecting bevond the v structure ofthe coils and "outwardlytrom' the cap when the leverjisjin locking pojsig 'tion. i

The combination withiajbottlle and its v.

cap, of a locking leverfor the-cap comprisln'gatwisted metal d'evice mcludmg a main ever portion of angular form term natlng at one end in an upturned finger-piece loop lyinggin'locking position at the axis of the bottle cap, the other end of the lever, comportions of the, metal: and dlvergmgforming apair of arms each bent lnto a spiral loop and terminating in a straightfree .end extending beyond said loop'an'd away ;fr om:thecap, said arms and their coils and freeendsall lying in the samej'general' direction, substantially asset forth!v i 4h The combination a f metal Vbottle e r hje i g fl it reamed-e m b r is? its skirt portion, said binder ring terminat-. ing in a pair of books movable toward and from each other, of a locking lever cooperating with said hooks, said lever including a pair of cam members terminating in a pair of horns, the main portion of the lever being movable upwardly and outwardly and thence downwardly to release the cap, causing said horns to come into contact with the 10 bottle neck and against the lower portion of the ring serving as fulcrums about which the cap is elevated.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

LOUIS HIRSH ROSSUCK.

Witnesses:

WALTER R. WILLIS, RALPH C. HARRIS.

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